The Way of a Boy by Ernest Hillen

The Way of a Boy by Ernest Hillen

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Zusammenfassung

Chronicles the years Ernest Hillen spent as a little boy (aged 8-11) in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on Java. He and his family lived on a tea plantation before the war and they were interned by the Japanese and transported to a series of camps.

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The Way of a Boy by Ernest Hillen

This is a chronicle of the years Ernest Hillen spent as a little boy (aged 8-11) in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on Java. The year is 1942, World War II is raging and the Japanese have just invaded the island. Overnight - and for the next three and a half years - life is ruled by tension, fear and unpredictability as the boy struggles to endure the cruel camp conditions. Ernest comes to understand his new world by observing others: Japanese soldiers, fellow prisoners and his mother, who fights to retain her moral values amidst brutal deprivation and degradation. To survive, young Ernest is obliged to master such basic skills as lying, stealing and fighting. But he also learns to practise patience, generosity and self-control, to quell self-pity, to take nothing for granted and to trust only with caution.
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ISBN 13 9780670850495
ISBN 10 0670850497
Titel The Way of a Boy
Autor Ernest Hillen
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 1994-03-03
Seitenanzahl 208
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